Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
36. Vedanā Saṃyutta
3. Aṭṭha-Sata-Pariyāya Vagga

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Saḷāyatana-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
36. Kindred Sayings about Feeling
3. The Method of the Hundred and Eight

Sutta 22

Aṭṭha-Sata-Pariyāya Suttaṃ

One Hundred and Eight

Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids

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[156]

[1][than][nypo][bodh] Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One once addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren."

"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One thus spake:

"I will teach you an exposition of the Norm, brethren,
according to the method of the one hundred and eight.

And what, brethren, is that exposition of the Norm?

There are two feelings, brethren,
in my way of expounding.

There are also three,
five,
six,
eighteen,
thirty-six,
and one hundred and eight feelings.

And what, brethren, are the two feelings?

They are bodily and mental feelings.

These, brethren, are called 'the two feelings.'

And what, brethren, are the three feelings?

They are pleasant, painful and neutral feelings.

These, brethren, are called 'the three feelings.'

And what, brethren, are the five feelings?

They are the controlling powers^[1] of pleasure,
pain,
joy,
grief
and indifference.

These, brethren, are 'the five feelings'.

And what, brethren, are the six feelings?

They are the feeling
born of eye-contact,
ear-contact,
nose-contact,
tongue-contact,
body-contact
and mind-contact.

These, brethren, are 'the six feelings'.

And what, brethren, are the eighteen feelings?

They are the six ways of giving attention^[2] to joy,
grief
and indifference.

These, brethren, are 'the eighteen feelings'.

[157] And what, brethren, are the thirty-six feelings?

They are the six forms of joy concerned with the worldly life,
the six forms of joy concerned with giving up:^[3]
they are the six forms of grief concerned with the worldly life
and six forms of grief concerned with giving up:
there are six forms of indifference concerned with the worldly life
and six forms of indifference concerned with giving up.

These, brethren, are called 'the thirty-six feelings.'

And what, brethren, are the one hundred and eight feelings?

There are thirty-six feelings of the past,
thirty-six of the future,
and thirty-six feelings of the present time.

These, brethren, are the one hundred and eight feelings,
and this is the method of expounding the Norm according to the one hundred and eight.

 

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^[1] indriyāni.

^[2] Upavicārā.

^[3] Nekkhamma